NEDO concluded an MOU for information exchange in the field of energy / environment and industrial technologies, etc. with the Slovenian Technology Agency (TIA) on October 24, 2012, in Ljubljana. NEDO and TIA will be promoting the establishment of cooperative relationship through information / personnel exchange and seminars in the field of smart community, energy conservation, renewable energy and industrial technologies. The MOU signing ceremony was followed by the Japan-Slovenia Technology Seminar, of which principal themes were smart community and smart house, attended and lectured by personnel from Japanese and Slovenian companies.